DE4202                             LAND SURVEYING 1

Level 4                                             Credits 15                                            Version July 2010

LEARNING TIME

RECOMMENDED PRE-REQUISITE

Nil

RECOMMENDED CO-REQUISITE

Nil

AIM/PURPOSE

To understand and apply the theoretical and practical concepts of Land Surveying

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.         Understand basic principles of land surveying and use survey instruments.

2.         Understand and apply fundamental principles and techniques of levelling, traversing and co-ordinate calculations, and errors distribution

3.         Use equipment and apply techniques for field and distance measurements

INDICATIVE CONTENT

• Principles of land surveying, survey instruments and targets, safety in surveying
• Fundamental principles and techniques of levelling, traversing fundamentals, co-ordinate calculations, errors.
• Field and distance measurements, Global Navigation Satellite Systems in land surveying